Social Worker

Network Recruitment Wales are recruiting a Social Worker for a temporary contract on behalf of one of our clients. 

Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : 27/01/2025
End Date : 10/03/2025
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 17:00

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES 
• Undertaking assessments in line with the Social Services and Well-being Act (Wales) 2014 with children, adults and their families/carers, identifying outcomes and where required developing care and support plans, which are monitored and reviewed.
• Risks to children and adults are assessed and balanced in a way that promotes coproduction, independence and choice;
• Strengths within the persons circumstances are identified and promoted;
• Have a responsibility to plan and work within the financial resources which have been secured to deliver social care services within their area of accountability;
• Social inclusion of isolated and vulnerable people is promoted; particularly networking with community and family resources;
• Work in collaboration with other agencies adopting a multi disciplinary approach where appropriate;
• Ensuring that electronically held records, including case recordings, assessments, care and support plans and reviews are completed and/or updated in accordance with departmental policy and procedures;

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
Accessing Social Services
• Engaging in a structured conversation with those making initial enquiry of the service and evaluating any information given;
• Use an outcome focussed and strength based approach;
• Giving information, advice/and or sign- posting to other services;
• Ensure that information about advocacy services is provided.
• Apply thresholds to make a judgement on whether a referral is appropriate;
• Assessing urgency of response required to a referral;
• Assessing initial level of priority of a referral;
• Making initial enquiries, e.g. other agencies, contacts;
• Accurately and fully recording referral information in accordance with departmental procedures;
• Ensuring the timely transfer of referral information in accordance with departmental procedures and time scales ;
• Safeguarding the wellbeing of a child or adults at risk of immediate harm.
Assessment
• Evaluating the nature of possible needs based on referral information and any previous records;
• Undertake assessments in line with current legislation;
• Identify and manage risk;
• Making enquiries, e.g. inter-agency contact;
• Making arrangements for an appointment and/or visit for assessment;
• Engaging in direct work with children, adults and carer/s to carry out a proportionate assessment;
• Working with children, adults and carers, social workers seek to enhance their problem solving capabilities in a way that support maximum independence and choice;
• Considering with children/ young people and adults, individual's and carers, options to best meet the outcomes identified and assist in making informed decisions;
• Seeking to maximise the financial and material resources available to service users from all possible sources;
• Collating the findings of the assessment and completing assessment documentation in accordance with statutory guidance, legislation and departmental procedures and time-scales;
• Preparing court and other specialist reports in the required standard and format;
• Ensuring that case file recording is completed in accordance with departmental procedures and policy;
• Ensuring that electronically held records are completed and/or updated in accordance with departmental policy and procedures;
• Convening and/or attending inter-agency meetings/liaison, e.g. Child or Adult Protection Conferences, CLA Reviews and strategy meetings;
• Negotiating, arranging and confirming resources with service providers to meet outcomes;
Planning and Managing Care & Support
• Plan & manage care and support in line with current legislation;
• Promote the empowerment of children, adults and carer/s through agreeing desired outcomes that promote independence;
• Agreeing a range of solutions to meet the identified outcome with children, adults and carer/s;
• Obtaining appropriate management authorisation prior to the commencement of care and support plans;
• Negotiating, co-ordinating and confirming resources with service providers to meet outcomes;
• Recording and disseminating care and support plan in accordance with statutory requirements, legislation and departmental procedures;
• Completing commissioning/contracting documentation in accordance with departmental policy and timescales;
• Convening and/or attending inter-agency meetings/liaison, e.g. Child or Adult Protection Conferences, CLA Reviews, Best Interest meetings and planning meetings;
• Identifying the risk of abuse, failure to protect, harm to self or others and assess the need for intervention in such situations;
• Participating in statutory processes to promote and protect the well-being of vulnerable children and/or adults including investigation where appropriate;
• To contribute operational knowledge and expertise to the process of service review and development as well as developing local implementation strategies for new legislation, guidance and advice.

Monitoring and Reviewing Provision
• Arranging and co-ordinating review of the care and support plan or care and treatment plan;
• Engaging directly with children/adults/families/carers in the review of the care and support plan or care and treatment plan and agreeing changes where necessary;
• Negotiating and agreeing changes to plan with providers and other agencies involved;
• Completing review documentation in accordance with legislation and departmental policy and timescales;
• Ensuring that children, adults and families are aware of the complaints procedures and advocacy services.
Managing Workload
• Timely administration of all aspects of caseload
• Preparing and engaging in professional supervision with line manager;
• Use supervision to critically reflect upon own practice and performance.
• Establishing and maintaining good working relationships with colleagues;
• Completing appropriate documentation, e.g. agenda/minutes of supervision;

Maintaining and Developing Professional Competence
• As a registered social worker the individual practitioner is required to demonstrate Continuing Professional Development that will meet the requirements of Social Care Wales;
• To promote the sharing of good and consistent practice, and the continuing improvement of services to children, young people, adults and their families;
• Have a responsibility to plan and work within the financial resources which have been secured to deliver social care services within their area of accountability;
• To undertake post qualifying awards and utilise, in practice, the skills acquired including but not limited to mentoring Social Work Students;
• To ensure that services provided are non-discriminatory in respect of race, sex, age, marital status, sexuality, disability, religion or nationality.
 

To carry out health and safety responsibilities in accordance with the Division’s Health & Safety Responsibilities document.
To undertake such other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grade, as may be reasonably required by the Director, or as a mutually agreed development opportunity.